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SK Telecom launches 5G edge computing open platform
South Korea’s largest mobile carrier is opening up its 5G mobile edge computing platform to third parties and enterprise customers.
Oracle beats Q3 estimates, adds around 4,000 Autonomous Database trials
Larry Ellison said the Autonomous Database rollout has been the most successful introduction of a new product in Oracle's 40-year history.
Microsoft open sources algorithm, hardware and source code for Azure data compression
Microsoft is open-sourcing and releasing to the Open Compute Project its 'Project Zipline' data-compression algorithm, plus related hardware specs and source code.
Students create NCAA March Madness predictive analysis via Google Cloud
Google recruited students to produce tournament data analysis to illustrate how organizations can take advantage of its different tools for analytics, machine learning and more.
Microsoft packages a bunch of its apps and Azure services as 'Game Stack'
Microsoft is making a big play to get game developers to use Azure, Power BI, machine learning Visual Studio and game-specific apps and services like PlayFab, to build their next products.
Continuous Delivery Foundation hopes to bring rhyme and reason to CI/CD
More and more companies want to use continuous integration and continuous delivery, but with so many programs to use, it's really confusing knowing where to start. The new Continuous Delivery Foundation wants to help.
How the British Red Cross secures access to its apps
Case study: The British Red Cross has streamlined access to vital applications by using software from OneLogin.
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you manage without Microsoft?
Even though Microsoft is no longer as ubiquitous in our computing lives as it once was, it could be argued the company is stronger than ever before. We're at the penultimate point in our quitting project: can you live without Redmond?
MongoDB Q4 revenues surge on cloud business
In spite of new competition from Amazon, MongoDB finished the year beating Wall Street estimates. MongoDB’s Atlas managed cloud service was the epicenter of growth, with business quadrupling over the year.
Cloudera eyes Cloudera Data Platform launch over next two quarters as AWS competition looms
AWS will be a partner and its house offerings in data and analytics will be competition for enterprise wallet share, says Cloudera CEO Thomas Reilly.
Streamlio, an open-core streaming data fabric for the cloud era
Apache Kafka replacement and beyond. This is open-core Streamlio's claim to fame, and today's announcement of a managed cloud service brings it one step closer to reality.
C3 launches Integrated Development Studio for speed up AI, machine learning deployments
C3's approach with its development studio is designed to abstract processes across multiple clouds in a low-code environment.
Quitting the five tech giants: Could you say goodbye to Google?
Google touches all aspects of our lives, from the videos we watch to the information we seek. Could you live without Google? In our five day series, this is hump day, the day we look at Google.
Why Apple's streaming video service should lead to 'Apple Prime' subscription bundle
With Apple's video service on the runway, the company has enough parts to create subscription bundles that rhyme with what Amazon offers. A little business model innovation could be in order.
Western Australia's Department of Health to spend AU$124m on hybrid cloud shift
The department has signed with Atos to move its IT infrastructure to a hybrid cloud.
The 10 scariest cloud outages (and lessons learned from them)
With more businesses and applications moving data to the cloud, even small outages can be devastating. By studying the worst cloud fails, we can find clues to avoiding future problems.
Photos: Zuckerberg offers glimpse inside Facebook's cavernous Arctic datacenter
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared a series of pictures from the social network's datacenter site up near the Arctic Circle in Sweden.
The 25 biggest events in Linux's 25-year history
A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date.
Rio Olympics: the technology numbers
The most recent Summer Olympiad staked its place in history as the competition with the highest levels of digital engagement than any previous Olympic Games. We look at some of the key technology numbers behind the Rio events.
These 20 essential applications let you move easily between Windows and a Mac
Many professionals find themselves working on both Macs and PCs. If your work requires you to jump back and forth between Windows and Mac systems, here are some apps that will make your life easier.
Top 10 apps: These boast the most downloads so far this year
Survey Monkey has released its list of the most popular downloaded apps in the US on iOS and Android for the first six months of 2016. Pokemon Go was released in July so did not make it here.
A tour of IBM's cloud brokerage software cloudMatrix
IBM is betting that its cloudMatrix software will enable it to make a pivot from a systems integrator to a services integrator.
Photos: How cool is this? Datacenter at Arctic Circle's edge
At about 50 miles from the Arctic Circle, the frequent -25C (-13F) winter temperatures make the question of how to keep equipment racks cool less of an issue for the Hydro 66 datacenter.
15 major lessons tech companies learned this year
From hack attacks to the king of Macs, we learned some pretty deep truths in 2015
Email and social media blunders that could get you fired ... or worse
From Anthony Weiner-style pics to simply hitting the caps-lock key at the wrong time, these communication blunders could cost you big.
So lonely: Install these 15 apps before you start working remotely
Which apps are key if you move to a location far, far away from your employer's central office?
The top IT trends that CIOs should watch in 2015
With digital transformation at the top of the agenda for many organizations, the winds of change are in the air in tech departments. Here are some vital currents in the industry that IT leaders should keep in mind this year.
Presidential Election 2016: Can Republicans do Web sites?
With the 2016 Presidential election season right around the corner, 16 Republican hopefuls have launched their campaigns, and their Web sites. In this gallery, ZDNet's David Gewirtz explores the candidates sites (and their chances).
Digital deluge: 12 NASA missions that keep delivering the 'Big' in data
Earlier this month, New Horizons joined the US space agency's many dozens of other far-flung unmanned probes that are already gathering a combined 30 terabytes of data daily from the near and far reaches of our solar system.
Microsoft prioritizes integration in new set of healthcare products
Microsoft is continuing to focus heavily on the healthcare vertical with new healthcare-related bot service, records-integration and healthcare-worker-targeted Teams capabilities.
Microsoft Technology Centre opens in Sydney
The multimillion-dollar 'state of the art' facility is aimed at accelerating digital transformation in Australia.
Struggling with new privacy laws? Microsoft 365 rolls out tools to help
Microsoft wants to make it easier for organizations to deal with new privacy regulations like EU's GDPR.
How the cloud landscape is shifting in 2019
Larry Dignan and Karen Forrest talk about the top cloud vendors for 2019 and some of the trends that are changing the landscape for buyers.
Max Kelsen using Google's Cloud to help beat cancer through machine learning
The Australian firm has set itself the goal of predicting the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment.
Why smaller businesses should embrace the cloud
Tonya Hall talks to Vineet Jain, co-founder and CEO of Egnyte, discusses the reasons why small businesses should embrace and utilize the cloud.
Google expands renewable energy investments into Taiwan
The internet giant will be the first corporation to take advantage of new Taiwanese laws enabling non-utility companies to directly buy renewable energy.
Australian government gives Amazon Web Services protected level certification
The cloud giant can now store highly sensitive workloads for Australian government entities.
China braces for trade war, pours billions into tech
Chinese businesses are projected to spend US$256.61 billion on tech this year and another US$272.84 billion in 2020. Read more: https://zd.net/2CKGLE1
Microsoft is positioning Power Platform as key offer for commercial customers
'Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power platform on top of what we’re doing with Azure is the core of what we are doing as a company,' says CEO Satya Nadella.
What's in store for the cloud in 2019
Norman Guadagno, chief evangelist and senior vice president of Marketing Carbonite, sits down with Tonya Hall to talk about what we can expect from the cloud now in 2019.
Amazon Web Services launches fully-managed AWS Backup
The new service offers centralised backup in the cloud and on-premises.
NHL partners with SAP and Apple for in-game statistics
The National Hockey League, SAP, and Apple have partnered together to utilize the SAP Cloud Platform with SAP HANA to process in-game hockey data. Read more: https://zd.net/2AQw176
Google raises G Suite Basic, Business prices: Here's what it means
ZDNet's Larry Dignan outlines G Suite's price increases, how it'll compare to Microsoft Office 365 and what it means for cloud and technology inflation.
NBN takes up Open Networking Foundation membership
Australia's national broadband wholesaler is looking to speed things up with software-defined networking.
QuickBooks Online
A usable small-business accounting service that's quick to configure and easy to learn, the initial release of QuickBooks Online lacks a number of features important in this market.
Windows Intune
Microsoft's cloud-based systems management service makes life simple for SMEs. There's no need for additional infrastructure, and complex tools can be wrapped in a way that makes them accessible even for part-time IT professionals.
Zoho Business
A rapidly maturing cloud-based office suite, Zoho Business is a good choice for small organisations looking for an online alternative to Microsoft Office. However, there's still room for improvement.
Microsoft Office Web Apps
As an occasional extra for users of Microsoft's desktop Office 2010 suite, Office Web Apps is just about acceptable. However, it requires further development if it's to become a workable standalone solution.
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 3.0
Fast deployment, browser-based management and the ability to protect any internet-connected Windows PC are the key selling points of this revamped hosted security service. It's Windows only and has one or two rough edges, but compares well with other small-business solutions.
Zoho Writer 2.0
<p> These days, there's increasingly little reason to use a traditional locally installed office suite. <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39284890,00.htm">Google Docs</a> and <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39284434,00.htm">Zoho</a>, for example, are both free and well-featured web-based suites — and both can be used offline, thanks to <a href="http://gears.google.com/">Google Gears</a>. Zoho is the most comprehensive suite of web-based applications for small businesses, and its flagship <a href="http://writer.zoho.com/home?serviceurl=%2Findex.do">word processor</a> recently received a major interface overhaul in its 2.0 incarnation. </p>
Google Docs beta
Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.
Zoho Show 2.0
<p> Over the past couple of years, AdventNet has launched a range of online applications and utilities, nearly all with APIs, under the <a href="http://www.zoho.com/">Zoho</a> banner. The company is steadily improving its large range of online products, making them a intriguing alternative to <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39286797,00.htm">Google Apps</a> on the one hand and <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39285683,00.htm">Microsoft Office</a> on the other. </p>
SatDrive
If you live in one of the many (mainly rural) parts of the country marked ‘here be no terrestrial broadband’ on the map, and you’re frustrated by that, then you’re likely to be interested in SatDrive from Interactive Satellite Services. Launched in September this year, the £14.99 a month SatDrive is a one-way service that provides download speeds of up to 4Mbps via a satellite link, but relies on a conventional upload link, or ‘back channel’, using a dial-up modem or ISDN connection. This makes it much cheaper than two-way satellite services such as BTopenworld’s Business 500, although it does mean that your Internet connection is severely asymmetric, will generally require a dedicated phone line, and isn’t ‘always on’ in the conventional sense.
OmniSky
OmniSky International, a partnership between US-based OmniSky Corporation and News International, will shortly launch its integrated wireless email and Web browsing service across Europe. In the UK, the company has been running a beta trial using Handspring's Visor and VisorPhone GSM add-on since February, and ZDNet UK has been evaluating the service on this platform for a month now. We have been impressed with OmniSky's usability, range of optimised content and, to a lesser extent, speed (it currently runs on a 9.6Kbit/s GSM network). You can still sign up for the beta program, and OmniSky is running a special introductory offer comprising a Visor Platinum, VisorPhone and three months' free service for £199 (ex. VAT).
